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THE FOLLOWING IS A GENERAL LIST OF THE TOPICS FEATURED
IN THE LIBRARY:
AGRICULTURE, ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE,
CRAFTS, DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY, ENTERTAINMENT, FISHING, INDUSTRY, NATURAL
AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, PALEO-ETHNOLOGY, POPULAR CELEBRATIONS, PRIMITIVE
PEOPLES, RELIGIOUS RITES (PLACES OF WORSHIP AND ANIMISM RITES, BUDDHISM,
CRISTIANITY, HINDUISM, ISLAM), RESTORATION OF WORKS OF ART, ROADS AND
RAILWAYS, SHEEP-FARMING,TOURISM, TOWN-PLANNING, TRADITIONAL CULTURES,
WORKS OF ART.
- There is also a lot of material on the OCEANS and SEAS
of the world (above and below water).
- The Library also contains a further 100 films on the WORLD OF ISLAM
- of yesterday and today - with films shot in Africa, Asia and Europe
(Art, traditions, leading figures, daily living; important religious monuments,
pilgrimages, nomadism).
- The Library also features a further 200 hours of film
ON ITALY. In descriptive AERIAL sequences, and in sequences that illustrate
and describe WORKS OF ART, COUNTRYSIDE, TRADITIONS.
And above all, the ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE
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And above all the ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE
In the archaeological field, the Folco Quilici Library is full of documentary
material covering: DESCRIPTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS OF ROME AND ITS
EMPIRE.
Below is a (concise) list of sites and monuments belonging
to the Roman age captured on film in our Library - 35 mm and 16 mm negatives,
ground level and aerial footage.
- Ruins in Rome Forums, Colosseum, Theaters etc..
- The Roman port of Ostia andthe ports of Aquileia and
Tharros.
- In Italy Remains of villas in Pompeii, Giannutri, Garda,
Tindari. Remains of the cities of Sepino, Aosta, Gubbio, Luni. The Amphitheater
in Verona.Statues and inscriptions in various museums.
- In Europe Aqueducts in Segovia. Diocletian's Palace
in Split, monuments and museums in Romania, monumental, necropolises
in southern France.
- Outside Europe Extensive aerial and ground level footage
of Roman remains in Tunisia: cities, temples, mosaics, statues. The
El Djemm Amphitheater. Roman remains in Carthage.
Ruins in Libya (Leptis Magna) and Algeria (Tingat).
Altri resti in Libia (Leptis Magna) e in Algeria (Timgat)
Turchia: varie rovine lungo la costa.
- Underwater Archaeology Resti di carichi di anfore e
resti statuari, colonne e marmi e carichi di piombo in lingotti.
Remains of cargoes of amphorae, statues, columns, marble-work
and cargoes of lead ingots
OTHER ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL INCLUDES:
- Excavations, artifacts and works of art of pre-Roman cultures (Etruscans,
Samnites, Old Venetians)
- Excavations, artifacts and works of art of MAGNA GRAECIA
- Excavations, artifacts and works of art of the PUNIC-PHOENICIAN age
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